#48ACE0#48ACE0

#48ACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACE0
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -12.84, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 37.00, 249.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0687 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.119 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8743, 36.2612, 75.8785)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACE0 #E07C48

analogous

#48E0C8 #48ACE0 #4860E0

triadic

#48ACE0 #E048AC #ACE048

tetradic

#48ACE0 #C848E0 #E07C48 #60E048

square

#48ACE0 #C848E0 #E07C48 #60E048

split-complementary

#48ACE0 #E04860 #E0C848

monochromatic

#196A94 #2290C9 #48ACE0 #7CC4E9 #B1DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48ACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48ACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACE0

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACE0	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4ea',
    500: '#48ace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ace0;
$custom-light: #8cc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70739,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACE0

secondary

#E0B8A4

accent

#783AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACE0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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